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The First 80 years of AI, and What Comes Next | Oxford’s Michael Wooldridge

Johnathan Bi

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Dividing Problems and the Limits of Search Algorithms in AI

This chapter delves into the 'divide and conquer' strategy in artificial intelligence, focusing on the challenges of NP-completeness in search algorithms. It uses the traveling salesman problem to illustrate how combinatorial explosion complicates exhaustive searches, hindering advancements in the field.

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